Classic Hacks: The 2011 RSA SecurID Attack
In 2011 RSA Security – the folks who provide the SecurID 2 factor authentication devices to millions of people – was hacked by a phishing
In 2011 RSA Security – the folks who provide the SecurID 2 factor authentication devices to millions of people – was hacked by a phishing
Pharming is a derivation of the hacking technique of host file redirection. It is targeted at a broad swath of potential victims. (Think phishing +
Baiting is another sibling to phishing. Whereas phishing creates urgency and fear to drive actions baiting uses…well…bait. A baiter entices the target to give information
Pretexting is a sibling of phishing and like siblings both have differences as well as similarities. Phishing emails use fear and urgency to drive users
If a phishing attack casts a wide net to employees at all levels of an organization it follows that a whaling attack focuses on reeling
When hackers target small and medium-sized businesses they are increasingly doing so in a more targeted way. Whereas phishing attacks cast a wide net hitting
A Texas based bank is suing a customer over 1.66M stolen in a 2012 cyberheist. The bank had initially believed that the cash had been routed
A court has ruled in favor of a California oil company which lost $350,000 in 2011 via a cyberheist. The court ordered that the bank where the
A Missouri company was of the opinion that they had every right to sue a bank in order to recover $440,000 stolen from them by a
After the bank accounts of a California-based Escrow firm were drained a whopping $1.5 million through a cyberheist, the firm closed shop. The company is now
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